Connecticut western news., 1887-08-10
NEWS IN SHORT ORDER.
DOMESTIC HAPPENINGS TOLD IN A FEW BRIEF WORDS
Interesting Paragraphs Condensed from Many Redundant Columns.

Interesting Paragraphs Condensed rom Many Redundant Columns. years crop
 From present indications the California honey crop this year will be one of the light est ever raised in the State. There will not be moro than one-tenth of an average crop. A boy of ten years old in Fulton, Mo, shot his father for whipping him.
 The town of Millbrook, Graham county, Mo, was almost destroyed by . straight wind. The place contains about 800 inhabitants. Only ono house or residence escaped serious damaSc> boy, 3 years old, was killed and about twenty-hve persons were injured.
 Archbishop Heiss, of Milwaukee, states that the grievances of the German Catholics m the United States have been satisfactorily remedied,
 John Henry of Avilla, Ind, who was work ing on the spire of the new St. Mary's Church at Fort Wayne fell to the ground, distance of Ainetyf feet He died in a short time. A strange fatality clings to this church: Last winter the heating boiler exploded killing two persons, and Q few weeks ago a workman was almost killed by brick falling from the steeple.
 Forrest fires in Wisconsin, along the line of the Green Bay, Winona and St. Panl road, have caused considerable damage.
 
 Court of Missouri was thrown from his buggy at Hannibal while driving a runaway horse. He struck on his head and shoulders and was unconscious when picked up, but recovered later. He will be confined to his bed for some time.
 A loss of e4OO, 900 is to be ehronicled as occurring at Baltimore, the extensive cracker bakery of Jas 10. Mason & Sons and some contiguous buildings having been burned. Boomers arc now gathering at Genda Springs, six miles from Arkansas City. Kans. They have been issuing paper in support of march on Aug. Is to take possession of Okla homa. No serious trouble is apprehended, as the boomers are not thoroughly organized Several companies of cavalry are ready to head on the boomers.
 A destructive cyclone swept over Solomon houses, killing four persons at Milhrook and woundtng several others The towns of Hill City and Plainville also suffered seriously. The Signal Service proposes to utilize homing pigeons in communication between Key West and Nassau.
 Richard F. Woolfolk, respectable white planter, his wife, her sister, and six children were brutally murdered near Macon, Ga, it is supposed by the son, Thomas G., who was ar- rested. Woolfolk, who has been . crank on the subject of inheriting his fathers wealth, made threats, it Is said, that he would get pos
 
 first killed his father, then the elder brother, Richard, in ,he doorway, who ran to see what was the matter; then his mother and Mattie, the hab :; then his sister Pearl, who also ran in. and his brother Charley, all of whom were found in the same room. Then, to complete the work of killing the heirs he slaughtered his aunt and the other two sisters in the third room.
 The prohibition constitutional amend ment was defeated in Texas by . heavy ma jority.
 Four chambermaids in . hotel at High land Mills, N. J., refused to act az wsitresses, got up two strikes, were discharged and final ly chased their frightened employer up the country road before they boarded . train for New York.
 A drought is reported as prevailing in Ar kansas.
 -Pardaw warsley, known as the "Union Spy of the Shenandoah" died at Foster Brook, N. r., aged 67 years.
 The fishing boat Gold Dust, of Eastport, Me, was seized oil Deer Island by Canadian steam cruiser and lowed to St. Andrews. She will be released on payment of fine.
 A writ of error has been obtained in the case of Maxwell, or Brooks, the St. Louis murderer,
 -About 100 0Mormons from Salt City are mak- ing application to the Dominion Government for homestead lands in the vicinity of Medi- yt forming settlement of the faithful. The matter is now under consideration. The Min istcr of Justice strongly opposes the introduc- tion into the country of such a sect.
 Nearly all the Western railroads show de- creased earnings during the past year.
 It is said the Standard Oil Company con templates boring for natural gas in Chicago. The Indiana State Board of Health report that many of the jails and poorhouses of the State are in a shocking condition and entirely unfit for human inhabitation.
 The epidemic of smallpox in Cuba is in- crcasins.
 The United States cruiser Atlanta has ar rived at Gloucester, Mass, and will remain in tho harbor 8 few days.
 Allen Francis, died from injuries received in railway disaster.
 Norman Chief, SIC, 900 stallion, dropped dead at Elmira, N. '.
 A New York father, jealous of the affection of his beautiful daughter for her lover, stab bed her fatally with the leg of . pair of eompasses.
 The Volunteer gaily led in the passage of the yachts from New London to Newport, beat ing the Puritan over seven minutes.
 Buffalo had its hottest day since the signal service was established there. The thermom- etcr registered 99 degrees.
 In the parade of the Ohio Brigade, ) registering aS degrees in the shade, six officers and twenty-one Knights were prostrated by the heat. All are recovering.
 Mfrs. Projak, Bohemian woman, drown. ed her baby in c bath tub and then cut her own throat in Baltimore.
 Sarah Bernhardt will mako another grand tour in 1888, which will embrace India, China, Japan, Australia and America.
 The east shore cantlever arm for the Poughkeepsie, N. Y., bridge has been put to place; work is now in progress on the west shore cantilever arm.
 The election victory in Kentucky is a democratic ono.
 The old Antietam, left to rot in the back channel at the League Island Navy Yard, sank with S25O, 900 worth of stores on board
 Twenty eight families of New York's striking cigar makers are to be evicted. They live in tenements owned by their em- ployer.
 Lightning struck the forernast of the schooner Neptune of St. John N. B., about s mile off the bar at the mouth of the Come c ticut, and completely shattered the stick. 4 seaman, John Carney, aged 32, of Prince Ed ward Island, who was standing near the mast was instantly killed. The vessel put in fol repairs.
 The Mayor of Brooklyn, N T., and severa other officials have teen on 8 sanitary tou through South Brooklyn, and in . Quartc known as the ''Squatter's Pest Hole" discover ed abundant foulness and ebomination.
 Forest fires are doing great damage t standing timber around Saginaw Mich., ant in several instances farm buildings have beer burned A strip of country between Bluf Creek and Tittsbawassee is all ablsZe and large quantity of logs and several camps ar in danger. There are heavy fires also in Clar county, and the village rof Clare had yer narrow escape. Two or three residence and other property were burned. In Gladwil county no rain has fallen for weeks and heav fires arc sweeping through the woods. It difficult to estimate the damage to timber, bu the loss will already approximate S5O,0
 The earthquake in the West is reporsc